Dashboard-anchor for motor-vehicles.



l. M. JACOBS W. CRAMER.

uAsHBoARo ANCHOR fon MoToR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. I9. 19|?. 1,273,617. Patented July 23,1918.

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I. M. JACOBS & W. CRAMEH.

DASHBOARD ANCHOR FOR Moron VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. I9, 19|?. 1,273,617. Patented July 23,1918.

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ISIDOR M, JACOBS, OF KANSAS CITY, AND WILLIAM CRAMER, OF ST. LOUIS,MISSOURI, ASSIGNORS 'TOv TRUCK, TRACTOR AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OFST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

DASHBOARD-ANCHOR FOR MOTORfVEHICLES.

To all ,w h om z 't may Concern:

Be it knownkthat we, Isinon M.l JACOBS and VVILLIAMVCMMER, citizensofthe, United States, residing' respectively,I at Kansas City, in thecounty of Jackson' an'd State of Missouri, `and at the of'St.' Louis, inthe State 'of Missouri, have invented 4certain new and usefuliImprovementsin Dashboard Anchors forElmer-Vehicles, offwhilrthlefollowing is a specification, reference being had thercin'to'tlieacconipanying drawings.

This invention, while it'may be of general utility, `is Aespeciallydesigned.r in, aid

ot thc ysalvaged constructions contemplated by the application forpatent Serial Number 163,652, filed by one of the joint inventors hereinnamed, and has for its object the ready utilization of salvaged motorvehicle parts and provides a construction whereby the scat and connectedparts, such, for instance as the floor boards, daslrboard, and cowl maybe located at any point upon a standard or other chassis to accommodatea relatively longer or shorter salvaged engine.

This present invention is intended also as a modification of the jointinvention of the same applicants for which application Serial Number198,645 was filed on the 26th day of October, 1917.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like numbers of reference denotelike parts wherever they occur.

Figure 1 is a side elevation showing part of the chassis, the hood, theseat, and the steering-post and wheel;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the seat showing its mode of attachmentto the chassis; and

F ig. 4 is a perspective view of the floorboards, dash-board, and cowl.

The chassis 1 supports the engine contained within the hood and supportsalso the dash-board 3 bearing the cowl 4, and likewise supports the seat5. The steering-Wheel G is supported by the steering-post 7, whichpasses through the hole 8 in the cowl 4 and connects with the frontwheels of the vehicle in the usual manner. y

The seat-frame rests upon the flanges 9 of the channel members formingthe chassis Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented July 23, 1918.

Applicatioii med November 19, 1917. serial No. 202,726.

1, and extensions 1() of the side members 11 ot'thes'eat-'sporting-frame extend along the vveb of said channel members. The saidseat-frame'may be'located at any desired position iny the :length ofthechassis.

Tnl order to giye'rigidity to thc side mem-n bers 11 of thefseat-frameand to cause the extensions lQ'fthfereo'f to bear against the webs' oflthe channel members forming the chassis 1, so as to cause the seat loremain stationary at'any determined spot upon the chassls'lytie-rods 12having at one ond a bolt head and aAnult` 1 3 :ltlhc other passjfrqmwth'e outside Vofy one of thesidc members `1Ilto the outside of theother side member 11, and the nuts 13 tightened on the said ticrods 12draw the side members 1,1 and their extensions 10 together and intotight engagement with the chassis 1. i

In the constructions contemplated by the above mentioned inventions, thesalvaged or other engines used will be of greater or less length, andfor this reason it is necessary that the dash-board shall be locatedfarther forward or back as the case may luc. This necessitates relativelocation of the seat 5 farther back or otherwise as made necessary bythe location of the dash-lmartlf The same remarks, mut/.IHS fmimrnrf'is,apA ply to the floor-boards 14V and lf, the former of which is supportedby the chassis 1 and the latter by uprights 16 attached to the chassis1.

The gasolene tank 17 may be supported i' rom the seat by straps 18 o1"other suitable means.

The steering-post 8 in the cowl can be rcversed from the position shownin the drawings for a left-hand drive machine to the position shown indotted lines at 19. F or this purpose it is only necessary to turn thecowl t around end for end. The boards 14 and 15 will preferably besupplied by the dealer in the form of blanks, so as to allow theassembler to cut the same to Fit the motor.

Dash-board 3 is supported from the chassis 1 by the uprights 20,preferably in the shape of angle bars of which uprights 1G form a part,to which it is fastened by bolts 21 or other suitable means, and thedash-board 3 may be located at any suitable place on -rne wams il toAcco/nomi he With the object of keeping the dash-board 3 Mo (mmm kammeno1: me Sami @rv the hams imm bucking when; www: mt* n rookY or roughplace on the road, an L- shaped bar 2G is bolted bv bolt 27 to board andeyed in relation te ihr SAME 97 eet-screw E28 which bears against theundelL nenni smi of me Hooge Cl eemssis n. Tm

bolt, 2T passes not only, .through L-sho, ed. har 2G but also throughoneof t'liiides'i' a1 le;ban2 strip or washerQQJisinlterpcied 'eltiyvgeniL-shaped bar and the side4 offang eebar 2x01, The arrangement describedin this paragraph may be duplicated wherever desired or necessary on thevehicle, even upon the front side of the dash-board 3 or behind the seator elsewhere,

Having Lhue described this invention, We hereby reserve the benefit ofall Changes in form, arrai'lgenient, order, or use of parts, as it isevident that many minor changes may be made therein without departingfrom the Spmit e? Hab .N'vnhw 0r -lfhy refe ofeithe 25 ifoll-dii'ngLoafhnfS:l

Weclaim.

L Bhe-'oembmiien o? A mossa, n dashboorin Hoer-boord 'ova'ug a no'mmefl, .n rement the .am elm-hoofd md Fm -o they said doen-board, allbehaped bar, a lvot for @Rudio/ef Um .MME to the said side `member. andIa'set-serew for staying the mme relai-we ite the fiange of the said oiassis; 5

2. The combination of a hanged chassis 35 '"n'eiiibei'; a dash-board;Q amember having a side portion, an an le-bardastened \to the said sideportion afi also izo'th'e said' dash` board, an L-shaped member, meansfor fastening the same to the said angle-member, 4o

and a setscrew passing through the said L-shaped member and adapted lostay the same relative to the ange of the said chassis.

In testimony whereof We hereunto afiix 45 our signatures.

ISIDOR M. JACOBS. WILLIAM CRA'MER.

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Washington, D. 0.

